Justine Henin stunned by Francesca Schiavone in Dubai quarters
Top seed Justine Henin suffered a straight-set loss to unseeded Italian Francesca Schiavone in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships quarterfinals. Both sets were decided in tiebreaks and the final result was 7-6 (3) 7-6...
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic meet in Dubai semifinals
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Jankovic are the first known semifinalists of this year’s Barleys Dubai Tennis Championships and they will play each other on Friday. In the quarterfinals, Kuznetsova defeated Amelie Mauresmo, while Jankovic...
Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic advance in Dubai
At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, top seed and defending champion Justine Henin had to work really hard to overcome Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik 7-5 6-7(6) 6-3, while Ana Ivanovic confidently defeated Nicole Vaidisova 6-4...
Maria Sharapova pulls out of Dubai due to viral illness
Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the $1.5 million Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships citing a viral illness.
On her official website, Sharapova, who won the Qatar Total Open two days ago and is unbeaten in 2008,...
Ana Ivanovic speaks about her ankle injury, Dubai appearance still under question
Ana Ivanovic injured her ankle last week in Doha, in her second round match with Olga Govortsova, while only two points away from advancing to the third round. In the latest diary entry on...
Maria Sharapova beats Vera Zvonareva for Qatar Total Open title
World No.5 Maria Sharapova needed three sets to beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 for the Qatar Total Open title, but the important thing is she won and kept her perfect season...
Vera Zvonareva, Maria Sharapova in Qatar Total Open final
Vera Zvonareva and Maria Sharapova will face each other in an all-Russian final at the Qatar Total Open in Doha on Sunday. Unseeded Zvonareva reached her second final of the year with a 3-6...
Fantastic Dominika Cibulkova beats Venus Williams in straight sets
Slovakia’s world No.45 Dominika Cibulkova scored a victory of her career today in windy Doha with a straight set win over great champion and world No.7 Venus Williams. Final score was 6-3 6-3.
I expected...
Svetlana Kuznetsova falls to Sybille Bammer at Qatar Total Open
Second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to fifteenth seed Sybille Bammer 6-3 7-6(8) in the third round of the $2.5 million Qatar Total Open.
Kuznetsova, who was runner-up last year in Doha, had her chances to...
Ana Ivanovic suffers ankle injury, advances with tears in her eyes
Ana Ivanovic beat world No.50 Olga Govortsova 6-3, 6-1 to move into the third round of the Qatar Total Open, but the top seed’s victory was accompanied with what seemed to be quite a...
